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The folks in the photo above or at right, taken last year, are some of the key members of the Elizabeth Street Community Garden, who fought to stop the Adams Administration from developing it. A month or two before Adams left office, and months after he was defunded out of his re-election bid, Adams did an about-face and designated the garden parkland. The parkland designation makes it more difficult to develop. The developers filed a lawsuit, and things are pending, but the garden remains open and viable. The garden is on Elizabeth Street between Spring and Prince Streets in SoHo. No matter what happens, they'll always be rock stars to me.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 from 3 to 9 pm - 40 Shades of Green - at the NY Irish Center at 1040 Jackson Avenue in LIC. Forty performers provide six hours of live Irish cultural entertainment. For details and $45 tickets copy & paste - https://www.newyorkirishcenter.org
Saturday, March 14, 2026 from 3 to 5 pm - Lighthouses are for Lovers & Friends - at the National Lighthouse Museum at 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. For details and $75 tickets copy & paste - https://lighthousemuseum.org.
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The photo above or at right was taken Thursday in Long Island City in Queens. A fairly heavy fog enveloped the city, on Thursday, and clouds will continue to cover the area through Saturday, gradually lifting on Sunday.
The photo above or at right shows marchers in a Queens St Patricks Day Parade in an earlier year. This Saturday the Queens County St Pat's Parade returns to the Rockaways for the 51st year. See the event listing above or use the parades section link below.
Thru April 26, 2026 - The Axe Forgets but the Tree Remembers - at the Billie Holiday Theater at 1368 Fulton Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. An African American inspired art exhibit. For details and tickets see - https://thebillieholidaytheatre.org
The photo above or at right shows the Bronx Music Hall in the Morrisania neighborhood in central Bronx. The Bronx Music Hall is hosting a Flamenco Festival this weekend, including a free show. See details in the event listing or using the things to do link below.
In the photo at right are a couple on the Staten Island Ferry enjoying a view of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was given to us by the French, who helped the colonists defeat the royals. The billionaires of today, are the equivalent of the royals of that time. The American colonists, our national ancestors, objected to being exploited by them, and so siezed control of their own destiny, by fighting the war of independence. After the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution was drafted, which made us a land of liberty, governed by rule of law. After the Constitution was approved, one of our most significant Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, was asked what kind of government we had. He famously replied, " ... A [democratic] republic, if you can keep it ...". It's up to each generation to keep it, by paying attention to what's going on in the government and by organizing to stop or prevent malfeasance.
February 26, 2026 / 
1) Donald J. Trump's name reportedly appears hundreds of thousands of times, in the unredacted Epstein pedo-files,
6) the bombings by Pete Hegseth's Department of War of fishing boats in the Caribbean and Pacific in what also looked like the murder of innocents and a war crime,
13) he lied a blue streak about how 'great' things are in the American economy since he took office,
February 17, 2026 / 
CBS corporate ownership claims they pulled the interview because of the equal time rule. But if the FCC had enforced the equal time rule since Fox News started up in the 1990's, Fox News would be but a shadow of its current self. And CBS appears to have ignored the rule in the past, as have all the national corporate TV networks.
The ICE Officer, Jonathan Ross, who reportedly shot the Minneapolis mother, Renee Macklin Good, appears to have a history of not following proper law enforcement procedure when apprehending suspects or detainees, as Ross had an incident in June 2025, where he was significantly injured because he did not follow proper procedures when approaching a suspects vehicle.
I believe in the axiom innocent until proven guilty. But I also believe that seeing is believing. And thus far nothing has come out to controvert what I've described above, except false narratives of what happened by the Trump Administration which - like Trump's lies about 'Stop the Steal' and January 6th Insurrection - appear to be aided, abetted and amplified by billionaire Rupert Muroch's Fox News' dishonest, deceitful, manipulative reporting.
What did he mean by this statement. He means that when Rupert Murdoch's [a modern day Joseph Goebbels] Fox News team of propagandists, and the Trump Administration team of mythomaniacs, are all lying in concert; and use the power of the federal government and mass media to manipulate the people's perceptions of something the people can witness with their own eyes - the American public has to make a choice.
The 17th century, French philosopher, Renee Descartes, famously said, "I think, therefore I am." In the 21st century, I wouid like to add an Orwellian corollary to that, which is, "I don't think, therefore I am not.". The essence of this corollary is that if you let the state do your thinking for you, you no longer exist mentally, emotionally or spiritually. The most important part of your existence will have died. Up until she was shot by an ICE agent earlier this week, Renee Macklin Good, was very much alive, according to my Orwellian corollary. You can honor her, by not acceding to the lies and falsehoods spread by the Trump Administration and Murdoch's Fox News, while encouraging others to do the same by showing them the video noted above.
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In the photo above or at right you can see a number of well known, former and current, NYC and NYS government officials. Starting from the first row in the lower left corner, wearing a green coat is Governor Kathy Hochul, to her right is NYS Attorney General Letitia James, fashionably dressed in a camel-colored coat wearing a beret, to her right is U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez in a dark coat and to her right are U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and his wife. Above and just right of Sanders is former Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is standing to the right of former Mayor Adams [his head is buried underneath a newsie cap] and his friend, Tracey Collins. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, who did not endorse Mamdani, is on Adams' left.
December 23, 2025 / National News / TV News Fail / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz.
The Ellisons already control an outsized share of American media, which can be used to manipulate the American public's perspective, which in this case is through the omission of important news. The Ellisons' current properties include Paramount / CBS, Tik Tok and they are in the process of making a hostile takeover attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Donald Trump reportedly has supported, possibly even tipped the scales in their favor, in the Paramount / CBS deal, as well as supporting their acquisition of a major share of Tik Tok, and now with tacit support of their Warner Bros hostile takeover.
And use this link to see what the future of TV News looks like. I think of it as a privately owned propaganda press. It's worth noting that Hitler and Goebbels took control of the media, before exerting complete control over Germany. The difference between then and now is that 1930's Germany didn't have the internet, which is where the non-billionaire news - the peoples' news aka the real news - lives on.
The question that keeps coming to mind, as I witness events unfolding of actions by the Trump Administration, is how far the American People will go in letting the Administration degrade the rule of law and decency in our nation, before they stand up and assert their power to say - No, this is not decent and this is not right. Each generation of Americans defines who we are, and what this nation stands for, by virtue of what they do, what they let others do and what they do not do.
That equality has been significantly eroded over the past few decades, starting with the Reagan Administration changes to media laws which had forbidden control by immigrants [now many large platforms like Fox News and X.com are controlled by immigrants] and had limited amount of media one person could control [Reagan / / Clinton / Bush changes allowed wealthy investors and corporations to acquire vast numbers of traditional broadcast and print outlets giving them outsized control and influence over what Americans see, hear and think].
So, maintaining the republic is the collective responsibility of us all. Up until about 1980, this nation had been governed wisely and the people had chosen their representatives wisely. Since then the American people have been bamboozled by the billionaire press aka TV news, resulting in the incredible loss of wealth and power noted above [the lower classes have reportedly lost $80 TRILLION in wealth to the upper classes since 1980].
Today at 1 pm, the NYS Gaming Commission is expected to vote on the final approvals of NYS casino licenses in New York City. Bally's in the Bronx and Metropolitan Park licenses will be voted upon. The final vote, according to a Spectrum News report today, is to address the following, " ... The commission is expected to ratify the board's recommendation Monday after one final review of each applicant's ethical and financial qualifications before issuing the licenses ...".
Nowhere in Spectrum New reports did I find any discussion of Steve Cohen's SAC Capital being involved in the largest insider trading scandal in modern history involving a hedge fund. Steve Cohen named the firm he founded, SAC Capital, after himself - Steve A. Cohen. The firm was fined $1.8 BILLION. Cohen himself was not found guilty in the courts, but journalists covering the story believed that he had fostered a 'culture of corruption'. Based on how the NY Mets ball club has conducted itself since Cohen took over - that description may also apply to them..jpeg)
Billionaire TV News is waiting at the Capitol to cover the House vote to open the Epstein files.
Beginning December 8, 2025 the NYC Ferry will beging operating a number of new interborough routes in NYC Harbor and along the East River and Hudson River. The new routes to and from Staten Island include one that lands in Sunset Park and another that lands at Battery Park City. For details see 1) the NYEDC announcement and 2) the NYC Ferry website.
October 24, 2025 / 
NYC Holiday Markets in All Five Boros New York
The Holiday Markets Continue to Attract NYC Shoppers
Updated Weekly _ December 19, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
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NYC Holiday Markets Forecast. I think the holiday markets should be good this year, as they are stocked with locally hand crafted goods as well as other items from around the world.
Here are links to some holiday markets planned around the five boroughs between now and the end of the year. We will continue updating as more information becomes available between now and the end of the year.
- CLICK here for a brief report and links to NYC Holiday Markets - outdoor markets & holiday fairs in NYC.
The City of Yes for Housing Opportunities bill passed yesterday afternoon / evening in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. The City of Yes or NYC Municipal Legislative Bill - L.U. 181 & Res 689 - App. N 240290 ZRY (City of Yes Zoning for Housing Opportunity) amendment of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, modifying multiple Sections to expand opportunities for housing within all zoning districts, Citywide. *
The photo above or at right was taken a couple of weeks ago in the Elizabeth Street Garden in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. They are trying to get the city to preserve the area as a permanent community green space, and to build the proposed 'affordable housing' elsewhere. The city has been threatening to close the garden any day now, but given it's an election year, Adams may wait until after he loses it. We'll have an update of Eric Adams' latest shenanigans later today or over the weekend.
October 23, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Real Estate & Business / Gotham Buzz NYC.
